The Hidden Reality：Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos

Fromthebest-sellingauthorofTheElegantUniverseandTheFabricoftheCosmoscomeshismostexpansiveandaccessiblebooktodate—abookthattakesonthegrandestquestion:Isourstheonlyuniverse?Therewasatimewhen"universe"meantallthereis.Everything.Yet,inrecentyearsdiscoveriesinphysicsandcosmologyhaveledanumberofscientiststoconcludethatouruniversemaybeoneamongmany.Withcrystal-clearproseandinspireduseofanalogy,BrianGreeneshowshowarangeofdifferent"multiverse"proposalsemergesfromtheoriesdevelopedtoexplainthemostrefinedobservationsofbothsubatomicparticlesandthedarkdepthsofspace:amultiverseinwhichyouhaveaninfinitenumberofdoppelg?ngers,eachreadingthissentenceinadistantuniverse;amultiversecomprisingavastoceanofbubbleuniverses,ofwhichoursisbutone;amultiversethatendlesslycyclesthroughtime,oronethatmightbehoveringmillimetersawayyetremainsinvisible;anotherinwhicheverypossibilityallowedbyquantumphysicsisbroughttolife.Or,perhapsstrangestofall,amultiversemadepurelyofmath.Greene,oneofourforemostphysicistsandsciencewriters,takesusonacaptivatingexplorationoftheseparallelworldsandrevealshowmuchofreality'struenaturemaybedeeplyhiddenwithinthem.And,withhisunrivaledabilitytomakethemostchallengingofmaterialaccessibleandentertaining,Greenetacklesthecorequestion:Howcanfundamentalscienceprogressifgreatswathsofrealityliebeyondourreach?SparkedbyGreene'strademarkwitandprecision,TheHiddenRealityisatonceafar-reachingsurveyofcutting-edgephysicsandaremarkablejourneytotheveryedgeofreality—ajourneygroundedfirmlyinscienceandlimitedonlybyourimagination.